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Kanji Detail for 晦 - "dark, last day"

晦

  • Meaning

    晦 means "dark, last day." Also associated with to hide.

    1. Dark - Dim; unclear; hard to understand.

    2. Last day - The final day of the lunar month.

    3. To hide - To conceal; to make undetectable.

  • Words using 晦

    • 大晦日 おおみそか Listen New Year's Eve

  • Four-character idioms with 晦

    • 自己韜晦 じことうかい Listen concealing one's talents, position, status, intentions, etc.

  • Tattoo check: 晦

    • Verified meaning: dark, last day
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: to hide

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    dark; disappear

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    dark, unclear, obscure; night

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    dark, obscure, unclear; night

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The last day of each lunar month. See "月" for details. | Dark, obscure. From "Book of Odes": "The wind and rain are as dark as night." Unclear writing is also called 晦. Living in seclusion without seeking fame is called 養晦 or 韜晦.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kai(カイ) カイ

  • Kunyomi

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    kura.i(くらい) くらい

    kura.mu(くら-む) くら-む

    misoka(みそか) みそか

    tsugomori(つごもり) つごもり

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    dark last day to hide conceal obscure unclear hidden dim gloom cryptic murkiness lunar moon month eclipse

Sentences including 晦

  • Face facts!

  • That time was before New Year's Eve.

  • I spent New Year's Eve with some of my friends.

  • Are you doing anything special for New Year's Eve?

  • There is a custom of eating buckwheat noodles on New Year's Eve in Japan.

  • Tom wanted to spend New Year's Eve with Mary.

  • My uncles will spend New Year's Eve in Japan. If envy could kill...

  • Tom took heart and, sure enough, on New Year's Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.

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